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WIRE FENGE STAY BENDING DEVICE.

No. 540,615. Patented June 4, 1895.

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" UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HARRY GROVER, OF OLLIE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE I MOKINNIS, OF SAME PLACE.

W lRE-FE NCE-STAY -BEN DING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,615, dated June 4, 1895.

I Application filed July 26, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY GROVER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Ollie, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Wire-Fence-Stay- Bending Device, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to Wire stays for fences, and particularly to means for bending the stays for the same; the object in view being to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient apparatus for bending the extremities of vertical stays preparatory to applying them to the fence to connect adjacent runners.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a fence provided with stays constructed by means of my improved bending device toshow the manner of using the same. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bending apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same, showing the manner of arranging the end of a stay therein for bending. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a stay as seen before application to a fence-runner.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the horizontal runners of a fence, which are extended through suitable seats in the posts 2, and 3 represents a tight ener secured to one of the posts to regulate the tension of the runner attached thereto. These runners are connected at intervals by the vertical stays 9, each consisting of a short length of wire of any desired gage, the ends of which are provided with open loops or eyes 10 to engage adjacent runners. After engaging the open loops or eyes of the stays with the runners, of a fence, the extremities of said eyes or loops are bent inward toward the body portions of the stays to prevent disengagement. In order to provide for the manufacture of these connecting stays by the consumer or fence builder, I employ an apparatus which I have termed a bending device. Shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This bending device consists of a stationary leaf 11, to one edge of which is hinged a swinging leaf 12, said stationary leaf being secured to a bench, table, or other suitable object by means of anchor-pins Serial No. 518,583. (No inodelal 13, and being provided at its upper side ad jacent to the edge to which the swinging leaf is hinged with an elongated loop 14, under which the extremity of the stay to be bent is engaged- The inner surface of the swinging leaf is provided with a seat 15 adapted to receive the extremity of the stay, and extending across this seat adjacent to the hinged edge of said leaf is an anvil or bar 16 which has its upper face flush with the upper faces 7 of the leaves.

In operation the swinging leaf of the bending apparatus is arranged horizontally or in the plane of the stationary leaf, and the end of the stay is inserted between the loop or keeper 14 and the upper surface of said stationary leaf, said extremity of the stay projecting over the surface of the swinging leaf sufiiciently to bear upon the anvil or bar 16. The free edge of the swinging leaf is then elevated and is swung over the stationary leaf, thus bending the end of the stay and forming an open sided loop or eye 10, such as that which is shown in detail in Fig. 4. After this open loop or eye of the stay has been engaged with a runner, pliers or another similar tool may be employed to close the loop or eye to prevent accidental detachment of the stay. The leaves 11 and 12 are rectangular. The anvil 16 is arranged in the recess or seat 15, and is located ashort distance from the hinged edge of the swinging leaf l2, and when the device is not in use, the leaves may be folded on each other, the space between'the anvil 16 and the adjacent edge of the leaf being adapted to receive the transverse loop 14, whereby the latter is prevented from being bent and injured by such folding. This construction and arrangement forms a compact device, and enables the parts to be readily folded and conveniently carried.

From the above description it will be seen that the construction of the-improved device for bending stays for application to wire fences is simple, and therefore the stays required in the building-of a fence may be made by the builder to suit the intervals between the runners.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advanloop 14 mounted on the upper face of the leaf 11 and arranged adjacent to the anvil and adapted to be received in the said space when the leaves are folded, and means for attaching the stationary leaf to a suitable object, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY GROVER.

Vitnesses:

J OHN I-IALFERT Y, J. T. CABLE. 

